cmake-commands(7)
Scripting Commands
These commands are always available.
- block
- break
- cmake_diagnostic
- cmake_host_system_information
- cmake_language
- cmake_minimum_required
- cmake_parse_arguments
- cmake_path
- cmake_pkg_config
- cmake_policy
- configure_file
- continue
- else
- elseif
- endblock
- endforeach
- endfunction
- endif
- endmacro
- endwhile
- execute_process
- file
- find_file
- find_library
- find_package
- find_path
- find_program
- foreach
- function
- get_cmake_property
- get_directory_property
- get_filename_component
- get_property
- if
- include
- include_guard
- list
- load_cache
- macro
- mark_as_advanced
- math
- message
- option
- return
- separate_arguments
- set
- set_directory_properties
- set_property
- site_name
- string
- unset
- variable_watch
- while
Project Commands
These commands are available only in CMake projects.
- add_compile_definitions
- add_compile_options
- add_custom_command
- add_custom_target
- add_definitions
- add_dependencies
- add_executable
- add_library
- add_link_options
- add_subdirectory
- add_test
- aux_source_directory
- build_command
- cmake_file_api
- cmake_instrumentation
- create_test_sourcelist
- define_property
- discover_tests
- enable_language
- enable_testing
- export
- fltk_wrap_ui
- get_source_file_property
- get_target_property
- get_test_property
- include_directories
- include_external_msproject
- include_regular_expression
- install
- link_directories
- link_libraries
- project
- remove_definitions
- set_source_files_properties
- set_target_properties
- set_tests_properties
- source_group
- target_compile_definitions
- target_compile_features
- target_compile_options
- target_include_directories
- target_link_directories
- target_link_libraries
- target_link_options
- target_precompile_headers
- target_sources
- try_compile
- try_run
CTest Commands
These commands are available only in CTest scripts.
- ctest_build
- ctest_configure
- ctest_coverage
- ctest_empty_binary_directory
- ctest_memcheck
- ctest_read_custom_files
- ctest_run_script
- ctest_sleep
- ctest_start
- ctest_submit
- ctest_test
- ctest_update
- ctest_upload
Deprecated Commands
These commands are deprecated and are only made available to maintain backward compatibility. The documentation of each command states the CMake version in which it was deprecated. Do not use these commands in new code.
- build_name
- exec_program
- export_library_dependencies
- install_files
- install_programs
- install_targets
- load_command
- make_directory
- output_required_files
- qt_wrap_cpp
- qt_wrap_ui
- remove
- subdir_depends
- subdirs
- use_mangled_mesa
- utility_source
- variable_requires
- write_file
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